Geography of Jersey

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Jersey

Native name: Jèrri
Map of islands of Bailiwick of Jersey
Jersey
Geography
Location	English Channel
Coordinates	49°11′24.06″N 2°6′36″W / 49.1900167°N 2.11000°W / 49.1900167; -2.11000
Archipelago	Channel Islands
Area	119.49 km2 (46.14 sq mi)
Length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Width	8 km (5 mi)
Coastline	70 km (43 mi)
Highest elevation	143 m (469 ft)
Highest point	Les Platons
Administration
United Kingdom
Crown dependency	Jersey
Capital city	Saint Helier
Largest settlement	Saint Helier
Demographics
Population	99,500[1] (2013)
Pop. density	819/km2 (2121/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	English and Norman-French descent. Portuguese and Polish minorities

Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is the largest of the Channel Islands, an island archipelago in the St. Malo bight^[2] in the western English Channel. It has a total area of 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) and is part of the British Isles archipelago. It lies 22 kilometres (12 nmi; 14 mi) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, France and about 161 kilometres (87 nmi; 100 mi) from the south coast of Great Britain. Jersey lies within longitude -2° W and latitude 49° N.

It has a coastline of 70 kilometres and no land connections to any other territories. Jersey claims a territorial sea of 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) and an exclusive fishing zone of 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) and shares maritime borders with the Bailiwick of Guernsey to the north and France to the south and east.

Jersey is the main island of the Bailiwick of Jersey, which also consists of islet groups known as Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq.

It is a highly densely populated territory, being the 13th most densely populated country or territory. About 30% of the population of the island is concentrated in the parish of Saint Helier, which contains the main town of the island.